It (of course) takes quite a while to copy everything.
But login to the desktop freezes kde.
I have 4 GB RAM in my box so there's enough room for it IMO.
Gerard._________________To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download

My normal uptodate Gentoo works fine so I don't think my RAM has bad parts.
I don't use swap.
I'll run a memcheck.
Gerard._________________To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download

Ran memtest for an hour:zero errors.
Gerard._________________To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download

You dont have to follow those directions, follow these directions at the beginning of this thread, i plugged in the 8 gig stick, and formatted it to ext 3, and do this as root from the location of the .iso ,

Code:

dd if=image.iso of=/dev/<DEVICE>

# Do not point to a partition

If you're using windows, download unetbootin, and create it with that.

I got an error no space left.
I guess the 32-bit kernel cannot handle 4GB RAM.
When it finishes it says on the terminal something like

Code:

You can start the installer by typing "installer" at the prompt below.

When I do this I get

Code:

bash:installer command not found

Gerard._________________To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download

I'm in a hurry now so please excuse me if I'm posting a duplicate; I searched for the term but didn't find it. When I try to play the 'Word Order Game' or Kanagram (for my son, who I think is becoming a Gentoo convert), this error message appears: 'File is not readable', and it doesn't work.

You dont have to follow those directions, follow these directions at the beginning of this thread, i plugged in the 8 gig stick, and formatted it to ext 3, and do this as root from the location of the .iso ,

Code:

dd if=image.iso of=/dev/<DEVICE>

# Do not point to a partition

If you're using windows, download unetbootin, and create it with that.

you don't need to format the partition ahead of time, the hybrid iso actually will create necessary partitions for you.

@gerard82 there is no installer, that text is going to go away on next testing iso.

You dont have to follow those directions, follow these directions at the beginning of this thread, i plugged in the 8 gig stick, and formatted it to ext 3, and do this as root from the location of the .iso ,

Code:

dd if=image.iso of=/dev/<DEVICE>

# Do not point to a partition

If you're using windows, download unetbootin, and create it with that.

you don't need to format the partition ahead of time, the hybrid iso actually will create necessary partitions for you.

@gerard82 there is no installer, that text is going to go away on next testing iso, also running memtest for an hour won't really guarantee you have stable ram. I have found issues with memtest after 7 hours at times. I usually let it run overnight when testing ram stability.

I see you have a working installation to the hard drive. Could you paste your xorg-server version and if you are using an xorg.conf that also, please include the link to those, thanks._________________http://dev.gentoo.org/~dabbott/

If there was also KMyMoney installed, I'd be very happy. But I suppose that's my personal need

Since I assume more of these will crop up: Any chance of adding a mechanism similar to Puppy Linux, where people can modify their System and store the changes on a partition on the computer?

Can I just emerge on a Gentoo 10 Live USB-stick?
(I assume I should use a normal disk for /var/tmp/portage/...)._________________Being unpolitical means being political without realizing it. - Arne Babenhauserheide ( http://draketo.de )

Slightly OT ...if I take out the disk from my previous (lately dead) laptop and plug it in as an external disk. Will it work, if I just make a user on the LiveDVD and point my old home dir on the external disk as the home dir of the new user?

If that'd work, it'd make my life ever so more pleasant until I get together enough money to buy a new laptop..._________________tea+free software+law=hook

Slightly OT ...if I take out the disk from my previous (lately dead) laptop and plug it in as an external disk. Will it work, if I just make a user on the LiveDVD and point my old home dir on the external disk as the home dir of the new user?

You'll likely need to adjust the users UID, so he's being recognized as you.

Why from DVD and not from USB stick?_________________Being unpolitical means being political without realizing it. - Arne Babenhauserheide ( http://draketo.de )

Disappointing.
USB stick is fine and basic boot is fine.
But tried on 2 machines in both cases X fails to start.
On the IPX system I can see a terminal screen and X is trying hard but failing with memory allocation problems in the intel driver.
On the EEPC 901 could not get back to a cli.
Both machines normally run X.
I will try to compare logs and report how to fix, but not this week as I am tied up.
David_________________David

It was missing from the amd64 kernel by accident but later today there will be a new image for both arches with bug fixes and added artwork. You can download the x86/x86_64 iso then boot with gentoo64 which has IA32 enabled.

Disappointing.
USB stick is fine and basic boot is fine.
But tried on 2 machines in both cases X fails to start.
On the IPX system I can see a terminal screen and X is trying hard but failing with memory allocation problems in the intel driver.
On the EEPC 901 could not get back to a cli.
Both machines normally run X.
I will try to compare logs and report how to fix, but not this week as I am tied up.
David

If both machines are already running X, you should try using their xorg.conf on the livedvd, just boot with 'gentoo nox' and copy your xorg.conf. This livedvd is in testing mode now and since it contains xorg-server there might be issues but it seems to be booting for most users.